Ch. 21.8A Lesson Review

Ch. 21.8A Lesson Review

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Lincoln's New Party

• The Republican party was made up of.....

  • Whigs, Free Soil Party, Anti-Slavery Democrats

What might these people have in common?

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Multiple Choice

The new Republican Party was committed to.....

• letting territories vote on slavery

• stopping slavery from entering western territories

• saving the Missouri Compromise

Beginning of Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• started in 1858...for Illinois' US Senator seat

• showed the main issues dividing the nation:

  • Lincoln felt:

    • Union not fall, no more division, Kansas-Nebraska Act and Dred Scott decision attempts to make slavery legal

Poll

Would you agree with this statement from Lincoln?

• Yes, yes I do.

• No, no I do not.

Multiple Choice

True or False --

"The Lincoln-Douglas debates were for a state Senator seat."

• True

• False

Beginning of Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Douglas Strategy

• Make it seem like Lincoln wants:

  • civil war, free slaves, make African Americans equal with white people in every way

    Why would Douglas use this strategy?

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Beginning of Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Lincoln Strategy

• Supported Fugitive Slave Act & against interfering with slavery where it was

​Does this surprise you about Lincoln? Why might he have said this at first?

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Multiple Select

Which of the following statements are true.

• Douglas wanted to show that Lincoln wanted to stop a civil war

• Lincoln wanted to show support for the Fugitive Slave Act

• Both Lincoln and Douglas would bring up the slavery issue

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• Lincoln

  • African Americans equal to all men

  • Slavery wants more land and thus will swallow the country if allowed

  Why would Lincoln make this statement? Is it true?

  Douglas

  • Slaves cannot be equal with citizens

  • Slavery is dying because it needs a certain geography and climate....let local gov'ts take care of it

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Multiple Choice

True or False--

"Lincoln and Douglas disagreed on whether slavery was dying or not."

• True

• False